----- Original Message -----From: Barrister Michael WilliamsTo: Mr. Hugh JasswhypeSent: 2/2/2004 10:45:09 AM
Subject: Fwd: DEATH CERTIFICATE(CLAIM)
DEAR SIR,
LIKE I DID SAY IN MY CLAIM, THIS IS THE DEATH CERTIFICATE I AM TALKING OF.
I GOT TYHIS FOR DR. CALVIN AND I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THAT.
I WHICH WITH THIS YOU PAY ME MY MONEY. THANKS COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.
BEST REGARDS.
WILLIAMS
Note: forwarded message attached.Here, Williams attaches the same tired old Death Certificate for Peter Smith that he sent Dr. Crocker in the previous scambait:
I decide that this scambait is dragging and so I introduce a new character in order to spice things up. One begins to see that scambaiting is just like a soap opera insofar as new elements of drama have to constantly be introduced by the scambaiter to keep things interesting. Left to their own devices, the lads keep things dull and always drive the bait back to the matter of how soon you will send the money to them via Western Union. We, as scambaiters, attempt to waste their time and resources by creating lengthy diversions and feints which require the lads to do all sorts things such as pose for ridiculous, even humiliating, photos. The clever use of your characters, situtations, and dialogue will allow you to control the lads rather than allowing them to control you.
Enter Mrs. Judy Smythe of Shipley Probate Services of Los Angeles, stage left. Judy is not going to be a nice person. She is officious and will be a pain for the lads:
As a matter of strategy, it would be a good idea - especially if you're cornered, to insist that the lad prove the dead guy with the money really existed and died. You can find online forms to request and obtain copies of the Certificate of Death from the governments of the world. I am amazed that the victims of 419 scams never attempt to determine if the dead guy actually existed and really died. In any legal matter, the facts have to be established and the victims, most of whom apparently have no legal training, fail to do basic fact checking or to ask hard question, this possibly because their greed makes them afraid to ask questions lest the lose the chance for millions of free dollars. It is amazing how greed puts people into denial and ignorance. If we, as scambaiters, really want to educate the public, we would do well to urge people to do fact checking to determine, for example, if a person is indeed an employee of, say, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, or if a death truly happened. When I asked Williams to verify Peter Smith's death, he played stupid:
Dear Sir,I could not download the attack you sent to me please resend.
thanks and bye
Williams
He means "attachment" and he is being evasive. He also forgets he is talking to a lady and addresses her as "Dear Sir." Williams knows that any attempt to verify Peter Smith's death will prove him to be a fraud. Mrs. Smythe rebuffs Williams' evasion by reiterating her demand; attacking his client James Chume; and then closing by trolling Williams with the prospect of a lot of easy money flowing out of the Crocker Estate:
Chume now ignores the mean Mrs. Judy Smythe and runs and cries to Lionel Drinkwater, whom he knows to be the nephew of Dr. Calvin Crocker:
In the theme of good cop/bad cop that I am using against this lad with my characters, Lionel reviews all of the correspondence and replies to James Chume. In my reply I have Lionel re-introduce himself as did Barrister Williams; I also have Lionel appear to be confused about the details. I am also still attempting to drive a wedge between Williams and Chume. Although they are the same person, it is fun to watch a lad disavow one of his characters if he thinks he will gain something. Likewise, I do the same thing here:
HE ALSO WROTE ASKING ME IF I WILL WANT TO HAVE HIS RANGE ROVER (1999 MODEL) WHICH HE AGREED TO SEND TO ME. I ALSO MADE CLAIM FOR IT. NOW IF YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS IN A RESPECTFUL WAY I THINK YOU SHOULD BE
THANKS AND BYE.
Now I introduce a completely new element into my scambait. Called the "Accidentally Sent E-Mail Trick" I shared elements of the following part of this scambait on the 419.Eater board in real time as it played out. Thus, the following text has been clipped from my postings along with my comments. The comments are intended to show new scambaiters how easy this trick is to pull off. The actual e-mails I sent to the lads are under the name of "Mrs. Judy Smythe" and are in blue:
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In the the "Accidentally Sent" e-mail trick,
you send a letter intended for someone else to your lad. The e-mail
should state that you are prepared to transfer a large sum of money as
soon as this "someone else" simply sends you their account information.
The trick should have a context. i.e. it should mention someone else you
have introduced earlier. In my case, I am using the accidental e-mail
trick with the Last Will and Testament trick. My lad has made a claim of
$25,000 against the estate and now this e-mail was just sent to him by
accident:
Attn: Mr. Idris Paul
From: Mrs. Judy Smythe
Re: Disbursement of
Funds
File Number 9178540
Dear Mr. Paul:
Shipley Probate
Services has approved your claim for $95,000 against the Estate of Dr.
Calvin Crocker. As agreed, this will settle all outstanding debts
for the church-building program in Nigeria you described in your
correspondence. Please forward account information so we can
facilitate the transfer of funds.
Regards,
Mrs. Judy Smythe
Shipley Probate
Services
Trustee for the
Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker
Now the lad (James
Chume) thinks another mugu has conned the estate for $95,000 and this
only makes him salivate more. The trick is to get him to pose as the
"someone else" and send his account information. The lad is betting,
hoping, and praying that the monies will be sent before anyone figures
out a mistake has been made. The trick will expose the lad's real
identity or at least the name he uses with his bank and his bank account
information. Depending upon his response, I will play my next step
several ways, all of which are designed to dangle a lot of money just
out of reach. This is what they do to their victims and now they will
know what it feels like. It is a good way to give them a taste of their
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Voila! The lad answered back posing as the
recipient of the "accidentally sent" e-mail: Dear mrs. judy: Thanks for your news and almighty God will bless you all. Well make the payment to the a/c below and please the payment slip should be sent to this email address. BANK OF NEW YORK-NEW YORK SWIFT CODE:IRVTUS3N FURTHER CREDIT TO: HELENIC BANK SWIFT CODE: HEBACY2N LIM BEN: INTREDA SERVICES LTD A/C NO USD: 2400727816201 Please send the payment slip to this email address after payment. Thanks once again and god bless you. Thanks and bye. idris
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Dear Mr. Paul:
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This bait is getting comical on many fronts. I
purposely introduced "Rev. Wilkins" who was injured on a motorcycle to
give the lad a chance to claim that he knew this imaginary person. The lad
answered back and did not give me his name. He instead offered this: DEAR SIR, REV. WILKINS IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BUT HE IS RECOVERING. (Thank God) THE A/C HOLDERS NAME IS INTREDA SERVICES LTD, IT’S OWNED BY THE CHUCH, REV. WILKINS MANAGES IT. THE CHUCH ELDERS DECIDED WE SHOULD USE THE A/C. WE USE IT FOR MANY PROJECTS. THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN FOR REV. WILKINS AND FOR EVERY THING. MAY THE ALMIGHT GOD BLESS YOU, AMEN. BLESS REGARDS IDRIS It is funny to see a lad giving me a report on Rev. Wilkins. In my response -- and newbies take notice -- I use two classic scam tactics used by the lads against their victims everyday: Time pressure and take-away. Time pressure is a classic negotiating tactic in business and scams alike. Whoever can exert time pressure wins. Take-away is used in conjunction with time pressure: "If you don't act now, the deal is off and will be given to another." We all hate to lose and so take-away is effective against us. Here is Mrs. Judy Smythe's response: Dear Mr. Idris Paul: Please allow me to explain this arrangement to you. The $95,000 comes as a bequest from the Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker and is to be paid to your Bishop. The money is to be paid as a charitable donation to a clergyman. We cannot send the money to a company, a corporation, or a trust. Under the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules governing bequests, as amended by Patriot II statutes, we can only send the money to a person whose full legal name and bank account information we have in our possession. We need the information to fill out the required IRS forms. If you have difficulties satisfying these rules, then Dr. Calvin Crocker's Last Will and Testament stipulates that we must donate the money to the second beneficiary, who in this case is Mrs. Lourdes La Palma of Manila. Mrs. La Palma has already received a $30,000 bequest from the Estate because she complied with the IRS rules. In fact, when I spoke with Mrs. La Palma this morning she told me she was able to use the money to purchase a new Ford van for her Christian school in Manila. By law, I must close Probate on Dr. Calvin Crocker's Estate on or before February 11, 2004 at 12:00 PM (Noon) local time here in Los Angeles. Please understand that my hands are tied by the US Government and its rules. I know that (the deceased) wanted your Bishop to have this money, but I must obey the laws of my country. If I do not receive the information from you by February 6, 2004, you will be declared in default and I will transfer the $95,000 to Mrs. La Palma. I must do this on February 6th to allow Shipley Probate Services five days for the required independent audit of the Estate and Shipley Probate Service's disbursement of funds; this as stipulated by the Executor of the Estate. Regards, Mrs. Dr. Calvin Crocker Shipley Probate Services Trustee for the Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker In scambaits, you can make up any law you want and even reference it with official numbers, e.g. "IRS Rule 577.a.1C as amended to include the relevant subsections of HR 25676." It's your scambait and so your laws apply; you get to be the Sheriff in this cowtown. So now the lad is set to lose $95,000 to Mrs. Lourdes La Palma if he doesn't give me something by Friday. Psychologically, he has to be wondering. He is still feeling lucky because XXX Probate Services hasn't yet realized that they are dealing with the wrong person. However, he has $95,000 that is his to lose if he doesn't come up with a name and a bank account. He probably doesn't want to share this with anybody because he wants all the money for himself. |
In order to add plausibility to the deadline of February 15, I have Judy Smythe send out the following circular to all parties. I want to make it appear to the Chume/Williams -- and I sent them both the same e-mail -- that this e-mail was sent to dozens of people with claims against the Crocker Estate:
In virtually all legal matters of any importance, people have to appear in person. I use that fact in the above circular to emphatically state that Shiply Probate Services will not accept phone calls. This tactic allows me to cut the lads off at the pass, for they usually want to call. By denying them the phone, I keep them on my terms: e-mail. I can now control the flow of action because I have limited them to e-mail.
Chume replies to Mrs. Smythe's circular by repeating his $25,000 demand against the Estate. It is clear that he is sticking to his story about the $25,000 because he keeps repeating it. The old chestnut that, "A lie repeated enough times becomes the truth," must be this lad's motto:
----- Original Message -----From: chume jamesTo: Mrs. Judy SmytheSent: 2/4/2004 5:18:30 AMSubject: Re: CLAIM
DEAR SIR,
RE: OUTSTANDING DEBT OF $25,000 OWNED BY LATE DR. CALVIN CROCKER BEFORE HIS DEMISE.I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE THE SUM OF $25,000 INDEBTEDNESS OF DR. CALVIN CROCKER (DECEASED) TO ME BEFORE HIS DEMISE. THE AMOUNT BECAME DUE FROM SERIES OF SOME SPIRITUAL GUILDS AND SUPPLIES I MADE AT HIS ORDER/REQUEST FOR WHICH AS AT HIS DEMISE, HE HAS THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT AFORE-NAMED WHICH HE WANT TO PAY ME TO UPLIFT THE STANDARD WELL BEEN OF THE CHUCH HERE IN BENIN I BELIEVE MUST HAVE APPEARED IN THE DECEASED’S RECORD FOR REFERENCE, PERUSAL AND NECESSARY ACTION BY THE EXECUTOR OF HIS WILL THROUGH THE ATTORNEY OF RECORDS. IN THE DEEMED CIRCUMSTANCE, I HUMBLY REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OR DISBURSEMENT OF THE SAID AMOUNT TO ME WITH DESPATCH.THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND SOLICITED COOPERATION.
JAMES CHUME
Now we return to Mr. Idris Paul, the $95,000, and the need for a full legal name of the Bishop to get the money. The lad reviews all of his previous e-mails and finds this earlier exchange in the "James Chume" scambait and finds the following. This italicized section was not included in this scambait. It rather serves to show where "Idris Paul" came up with the Bishop's name:
In the previous scambait, I commented on the above post by stating, "Bishop Abernathy? This is another rabbit I pulled out of my hat to see if Williams would continue to corroborate the existence of fictional characters such as Usman Bello. I also wanted to see if Williams would admit to practicing voodoo against Dr. Crocker in exchange for a Rolex.
Now, however, my "rabbit" turns and bites me and Chume astutely produces the name of the Bishop about whom I had forgotten. I have to give him credit for being savvy and keeping the $95,000 in play:
BENEFICARY BISHOP ABERNATHY.
PAUL
Mrs. Smythe parries his thrust:
Lionel Drinkwater now trolls the lads big time:
Here is the attachment of Dr. Crocker's signature Lionel sent:
This signature leads into the very exciting dénouement of this scambait.